Name: CVE-2017-16933: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-16933, CWE-732, CVSS 7, EPSS 0.0003

etc/initsystem/prepare-dirs in Icinga 2.x through 2.8.1 has a chown call for a filename in a user-writable directory, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to the $ICINGA2_USER account for creation of a link.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade icinga2	Jul 30, 2024	Nov 24, 2017
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Nov 24, 2017

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CVSS Details

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